Follow the Leader

I love teaching the preschool class at church. Those kids are great! Today we talked about the Lord's Prayer. We talked about how we can talk to God anywhere, anytime and about anything! The kids made a prayer tower, with each of them adding a block for what they wanted to pray for. And we played Musical Prayers, which is musical chairs, but we didn't remove any chairs. I just picked a chair color and had those children thank God for something that was that color. They seemed to really enjoy it. They pretty much all participated, which for 16 preschoolers is awesome! I had a good time with them today.

The message was good today too. Our college director Pastor Miller preached. Boy, that man has passion. I can only imagine how awesome he must be with the college students. The sermon today was about being a true disciple. 'Am I a student of Jesus?' He talked about what it meant to be a disciple; about how it isn't just a learning experience but a true life experience. We shouldn't strive to only learn about Jesus, but to be like Jesus. We should be good students, active in our learning. Jesus should be our everyday, our everything, not just our quiet time and Sunday mornings. He should be our lives. He also challenged us to not only think about whether we were good students of Christ, but also if we were teaching what we have learned? Who are we taking along on the journey? Who are we sharing with? Mentoring? Guiding? It's not enough just to know Him, we need to strive to be like Him and it's not enough just to follow Him if we are not leading someone else!

Who am I leading? Am I leading a life worthy of following? Can others see Christ in me? Do they know who I follow?

When we follow the leader and the line is long, we can not see the leader, we just imitate the person in front of us. For those that do not have a personal and passionate relationship with Christ; they are still in the game and they are somewhere in the line. They can't see the Leader, but they can and are watching you.

Are you following the Leader?